Ahmadinejad Got Slapped for Siding With Protesters

Iranian president suggested more freedom would end riots

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not necessarily known as a big softy, took a surprisingly sympathetic stance toward the protesters then filling the streets to protest his election—and got slapped across the face for his trouble. Ahmadinejad, in a meeting with the Supreme National Security Council, said the people felt "suffocated" and suggested that relaxing limits on personal liberty and the press would help calm tensions. A Revolutionary Guard honcho slapped him one for his trouble, according to the February 11 cable released by WikiLeaks.

As the Huffington Post reports, Revolutionary Guard chief of staff Mohammed Ali Jafari berated Ahmadinejad, screaming, "You are wrong! It is YOU who created this mess! And now you say give more freedom to the press?!" Chaos ensued, and the meeting was ended, never to resume.

dontlikeyou: a fucking idiot! liberals lie? Assange is not known as a liberal. Here then is what the leak says:
"¶3. (S) According to source, Ahmedinejad's statements
infuriated Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali
Jafari, who exclaimed "You are wrong! (In fact) it is YOU
who created this mess! And now you say give more freedom to
the press?!" Source said that Jafarli then slapped
Ahmedinejad in the face, causing an uproar and an immediate
call for a break in the meeting, which was never resumed.
Source said that SNSC did not meet again for another two
weeks, after Ayatollah Janati succesfully acted as a
"peacemaker" between Jafarli and Ahmedinejad. Source added
that the break in the SNSC meeting, but not the slap that
caused it, has made its way on to some Iranian blogs."
now the leak claims A. got slapped so what the hell is idiot DLYl muttering about in his need to badmouth those who don't listen to Fox with him?
Wise the hell up.By now all; know you are a dummy and full of crap.

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